Wednesday, January 27, 2010

For those of you who didn't read "random facts" about me, factoid number 2 was: "I love school…as a student or a teacher…always have…always will." With that said, today was the "first day of school" for me, once again, after being out of the classroom for about 5 years.

With my experiences with upper elementary, mid school, high school and unversity students and teaching science, my assignment as a KINDERGARTEN, reading intervention teacher is a new direction indeed. But the fun thing about teaching is that there is SO MUCH TO TEACH and SO MUCH TO LEARN!

Thus, my learning curve started in full force today and my teaching will hopefully follow soon. In the meantime, I get to spend time reading with little ones. Who can beat that?

Thursday, November 19, 2009

There was a time (in the not so distant past) when this particular foosball table was the most expensive piece of furniture in our house. It all started when Adam was having a bunch of kids over for his birthday party. We already had the trampoline but Mark thought that the addition of a foosball table was just what was needed for a boys teenage party.

So, off Mark went in search for the coveted table. I, being the nieve wife who knew nothing of the costs of such a precious piece, was absolutely floored (at the cost) when Mark returned with the "Premier Soccer Table of Champions". "This table is solid-quality and it will last forever", he assured me. Needless to say, the table WAS used and used. I think that Adam actually made some money off of friends when they came to our house at lunch and played foosball (he was pretty much unbeatable). In fact, it was one of the first pieces of furniture he bought for his first apartment (seriously???).

Unfortunately, we don't have room in our smaller house for the "Table of Champions"....and it hasn't been really used in years. So, today I listed it on Craigslist as, "Foosball Table- Solid-Quality". Perhaps it will make a great holiday gift for some lucky teenager for many years to come!

“When it snows, you have two choices: shovel or make snow angels”

Sunday, October 25, 2009

One of the most precious things to witness is our grandchildren sitting on my dad's lap so that he can read to them. Keadryn came up with calling him "Pa Pap" (it is a lot easier than saying "great-grandpa") and I'm sure that this will be his name for all of the great-grandkids that follow.

I LOVE that he is in Denver and that we are also here to share in these moments!